Have a FaceBook, Twitter, or other social networking account?

Link them to your fanatic account!

Add An Account

TAKE ME TO...
Formula One
F1: Button Frustrated By Mechanical Problem
Jenson Button's MP4-25 has a problem and he isn't quite sure what it is...
Adam Cooper  | http://www.speedtv.com  |  Posted March 13, 2010   Sakhir (BHR)
Jenson Button says he'd consider quitting F1 if McLaren implemented team orders. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Jenson Button was frustrated by a problem with his car made it feel strange and left him stranded in eighth for his first race for McLaren after Saturday’s qualifying.

Button is four places behind team mate Lewis Hamilton.

“I’m surprised I’m eighth on the grid with that issue, because it was a very slow lap at the end,” he said. “It’s not too bad in one way, but if you look at Lewis’s time he’s up in P4, which looks good, but you’ve got to look at the time difference from first to fourth, it’s massive, it’s over a second. That’s very surprising, I don’t know where that’s come from.”

Button says he just has to see what the race brings.

“We’ve got to fill it up and see what happens from there. Your strategy isn’t decided on a Saturday any more, you’ve got to see what other people are doing in the race. We’ll see what’s going on. I’m looking forward to the challenge, it’s going to be very different from what we’re used to.

“I would love to be scoring big points. It’s still a possibility, but we haven’t made it easy by starting so far back. I think we can still have a great race tomorrow. It’s going to be an interesting one, because there are so many different strategies and different ideas, any one of us could have a good result.

“There’s a lot of heavy cars going down to turn one, I’ll pick a nice line and hopefully we’ll get through cleanly...”

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005. Check out Adam's Blog or follow him on Twitter

Watch The Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE Sunday at 7:30 am. Eastern on SPEED

F1 RaceCast Online Now! Follow Formula One live online timing & scoring, practice, qualifying, race coverage, commentary and more on SPEEDtv.com!
adam_cooper's avatar

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adam Cooper

MORE BY THIS AUTHOR
Advertising | Jobs | Feedback | FAQ | Terms of Use | NEW Privacy Policy | Ad Choices | Site Map
Fox Sports | FUEL TV | FX Network | National Geographic | IGN | AskMen
The Motor Sports Authority, SPEED and associated logos are registered trademarks of Speed Channel Inc.
All Rights Reserved © Speed Channel, Inc. 2012

All external links will open in a new browser window. SPEED.com does not endorse external sites.